Management: An Overview

Management is the act of getting people together

to accomplish desired goals and objectives using
available resources efficiently and effectively. Since
organizations can be viewed as systems,
management can also be defined as human action,
including design, to facilitate the production of
useful outcomes from a system. This view opens
the opportunity to manage oneself, a pre-requisite
to attempting to manage others.

Definition of Management
The Management Process
Management functions include: Planning,
organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and

controlling an organization (a group of one or more

people or entities) or effort for the purpose of
accomplishing a goal.
There are several different resource types within
management. Resourcing encompasses the
deployment and manipulation of:

Human resources

Financial resources

Technological resources

Natural resources
Different type of Management Styles
There are different types of management styles,
and the management process has changed over
recent years. The addition of work teams and
servant leadership has changed what is expected
from managers, and what managers expect from
their employees.
Traditional Management
There is a hierarchy of employees, low level
management, mid-level management, and senior
management. In traditional management systems,
the manager sets out expectations for the
employees who need to meet goals, but the
manager receives the reward of meeting those
goals.
Team Managment
In a team management arrangement the manager
is a guiding hand to help the members of the team

work together to solve problems but doesn't

dictate policy and the entire team receives the
reward of meeting those goals.
Servant Management
With this approach, the manager
helps supply resources the employees need to
meet company goals. In servant leadership, the
organization recognizes employees as experts in
their field and work to help them work efficiently.
No matter which type of management style is used
by an organization, the main objective of managers
is to help employees reach company company
goals and maintain company standards and
policies.

Source: Boundless. Definition of

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